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State fragility, rent seeking and lobbying: evidence from African data
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in the literature. The previously missing dimension of nation building is integrated and the hypothesis of state fragility being a function of rent seeking and/or lobbying by de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693284
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Deforestation and Welfare: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862078
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Equitable and Sustainable Development of Foreign Land Acquisitions: what have we learnt on policy syndromes and implications?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Nguena, Nguena Christian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions have been covered substantially in recent literature. Despite the wealth of theoretical and empirical studies on this subject, there is no study that has reviewed existing literature in light of concerns over sustainable and equitable management. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862096
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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jingwa, Jingwa Brian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693301
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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jingwa, Jingwa Brian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world. This study uses country-level data to model changes in forest area over an 18 year period (1990-2007) in 35 African countries and investigates the role played by important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696002
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Fighting corruption with cultural dynamics: when legal-origins, religious-influences and existing corruption-control levels matter
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
across the best and worst corruption-fighting countries especially with respect to democracy, population growth and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862091
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Law, Democracy and the Quality of Government in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity …-stability, regulation quality and rule of law. Findings indicate democracy has an edge over autocracy while the later and polity overlap. A … democracy that takes into account only the voice of the majority is better in government quality than autocracy, while a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693285
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Finance and Democracy in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693299
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Fighting corruption in Africa: do existing corruption-control levels matter?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
seriously in comparison to those that are lax on the issue. (4) Findings on democracy broadly indicate the democratization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696008
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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count: what do wealth-effects tell us in Africa?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
(an) tool (impediment) in (to) the fight against corruption in Low (Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696009